page_title: Lancia
section_title: Formula One
hierarchical_section_title: Lancia / Lancia in motorsport / Formula One
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Lancia D50A, Formel-1-Rennwagen von 1954, Goodwood Festival of Speed, 2007
context_page_description: Lancia Automobiles S.p.A. is an Italian automobile manufacturer, a subsidiary of FCA Italy S.p.A., itself the European subsidiary of multinational corporation Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Lancia Automobiles was formed in January 2007 when its corporate parent reorganized its businesses, but its history is traced back to Lancia & C., a manufacturing concern founded in 1906 by Vincenzo Lancia and Claudio Fogolin. It became part of the Fiat Group in 1969.
  The brand is known for its strong rallying heritage, and technical innovations such as the unibody chassis of the 1922 Lambda and the five-speed gearbox introduced in the 1948 Ardea. Despite not competing in the World Rally Championship since 1992 Lancia still holds more Manufacturers' Championships than any other brand.
  Sales of Lancia-branded vehicles declined from over 300,000 annual units sold in 1990 to less than 100,000 by 2010. After corporate parent Fiat acquired a stake in Chrysler in 2009 the Lancia brand portfolio was revamped to include rebadged Chrysler products, for sale in most European markets. As sales continued to drop the Lancia-badged Chryslers were no longer offered after 2015.
context_section_description: After Vincenzo Lancia's son Gianni became director of the firm, it started to take part more frequently in motorsport, eventually deciding to build a Grand Prix car. Vittorio Jano was the new designer for Lancia and his Lancia D50 was entered into the 1954 Spanish Grand Prix, where Alberto Ascari took the pole position and drove the fastest lap. In the 1955 Monaco Grand Prix Ascari crashed into the harbour after missing a chicane. One week later Ascari was killed in an accident driving a Ferrari sports car at Monza. With Ascari's death and Lancia's financial problems the company withdrew from Grand Prix racing. Altogether Lancia took two victories and ten podiums in Formula One.
  Remnants of the Lancia team were transferred to Scuderia Ferrari, where Juan Manuel Fangio won the 1956 championship with a Lancia-Ferrari car.
caption: A Lancia D50A Formula One car
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